diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 51dc0ed030..9c37f3f865 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 	* src/gnome-search/dialog-search.c -- add preliminary support to
 	  limit searches to only "active" objects.  Fixes bug #103506
 
+	* src/gnome-search/dialog-search.c -- grey out the button if it
+	  has no meaning for this particular search-type.
+	
 2003-01-13  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
 
 	* src/engine/engine-helpers.c: Make the gnc_scm_to_gint64()
diff --git a/src/gnome-search/dialog-search.c b/src/gnome-search/dialog-search.c
index d458b69c70..823a0b90ec 100644
--- a/src/gnome-search/dialog-search.c
+++ b/src/gnome-search/dialog-search.c
@@ -877,6 +877,12 @@ gnc_search_dialog_init_widgets (GNCSearchWindow *sw)
 							   "search_for_active_only",
 							   TRUE));
 
+  /* Figure out if we this object-type has an "active" parameter, and
+   * if not, then set the active-check button insensitive
+   */
+  if (gncQueryObjectGetParameter (sw->search_for, QUERY_PARAM_ACTIVE) == NULL)
+    gtk_widget_set_sensitive (sw->active_only_check, FALSE);
+
   /* Deal with the cancel button */
   sw->cancel_button = glade_xml_get_widget (xml, "cancel_button");
   sw->close_button = glade_xml_get_widget (xml, "close_button");